If a friend asked you to let them die?

Question

Would you?
Be honest!

Answer 1

if they were in pain, if they were terminal, if they had a very bad quality of life, yes. and i would hope to god, they would do it for me. my best friend and i actually have a pact in this manner, to carry out each others wishes.

Answer 2

Let them die? Or help them die? Under some circumstances I have "let" members of my family and close friends die but I would never help them die. Those people being my oldest son, my mother in law, my brother, and my Aunt. By that I mean we asked the Doctors not to prolong the inevitable and "let" them die naturally.

My wife and I are 65. We have executed a living will stating it is our intention that when all medical options have been exhausted the attending medical people "let" us die.

Answer 3

It depends on why they want to die, if they've been terminally ill for awhile and are just tired of trying then I could understand. I lost my best friend in 7th grade to a tragic heat stroke and it was hard. My Aunt just recently passed away and she looked at us and said "I just cant win." Everyone thought she was talking about the doctors but I think it's because she had beaten breast cancer and then she had something wrong with her lungs and no doctor really could explain it and I feel it was her way of saying she couldn't fight anymore. Then there's people who are just sick of life's crappy outcomes and want to give in and I know how they feel because my life has been a constant shitt hole all my life and it's left me scarred but I just keep on because I know one day it will be better. After failed attempts, drug addiction and alcohol addiction, I've realized nothing can ease an emotional pain except time and patience.

Answer 4

definitely depends on the situation.
I have a friend who has asked that. in this situation, yes. with 2 incurable diseases living with chronic pain, only relief from high doses of narcotic pain medication. I am her caretaker, live with continually hearing her pray to to god to take her, and crying. she went into respiratory failure last Christmas. I called 911 and she spent 16 days in the hospital ICU.
Now if someone in perfect health were depressed and suicidal, that would be different.
I have told my friend I will do anything I can to help her, when she asked me to take her life, I said that is not something I can do. I am not Clint Eastwood in "Million Dollar Baby". Life is precious but living in constant pain, now she as a DNR I will let her go, if it's gods will. thanks for the question.

Answer 5

I wouldn't certainly.Who wud yaar....I mean friends are ur point of freedom.U can be urself with them.How can u let them go.But we aren't God either.Neither can we stop them nor can we kill.Its their decision.But I wud certainly like to know why the decision was taken and if I can resolve the problem and help him chill I wud certainly do that.

Take care and don't think of killing a friend.

Answer 6

I have a best friend since we were 10 years old. Now, that is 41 years of talking to someone everyday on the phone, many, many memories, both each other's maid of honor, etc.
If she were ill, and it was terminal, and she asked that they did not use any heroic methods to resuscitate her, I would be by her bed standing guard so she could pass on with the dignity she wanted.

Answer 7

no, i won't. i will feel bad and my conscience will keep me awake at night and guilty in the morning if i let my friend die. i'd try my best to keep my friend from dying even if its a sickness that has no cure. i'd keep my friend as comfy as possible. if i was asked to pull the plug on my friends life support system, i'd talked to my friend about living till the end, even though my friend is in pain and i know its selfish by keeping my friend alive just to keep myself happy and not sad when i lose my friend.

Answer 8

In such situations, it is very difficult to have a grip on your friend. If you don't want him to be die, you can't just stop him like that, he can stop trusting you. You should convince him that the problems can't be solve by taking your life. You too have to fight with the problems with him. There is no such problems which can not be solve. There is always a way. Help your friend to clear his/her mind and help him with his problems, what ever it takes. You are his/her friend not an enemy. You understand it better than anyone.

Answer 9

To answer your question, first of all, I have to clear something up. Supposing that I'm a loyal friend, I have to say that loyalty in friendship is divided into two main categories:

- friends who are loyal to your whishes because they think that in this way they are loyal to you
- friends who do what is best for you, even if you don't agree with their actions

The superior category is obviously the latter because the supreme proof of loyalty comes from being loyal to what is best for the person you love. Just think about it. Let's say your loved ones are going in a wrong direction and you are aware of it. But you love them so much you don't want to sadden them by stopping them. But you have to think that although they may be happy with the paths they have chosen, those paths aren't healthy for them and will eventually influence them NEGATIVELY.

So my answer to your question is no. I wouldn't give in to my friend's request, I would only do what is best for him/her, which means saving him/her.

Answer 10

If this friend had a confirmed fatal disease, (confirmed by more than just one specialist), and the time leading up to his death would make him suffer to no end......yes, I would let him die.

IMHO it would be totally selfish of me to make him live his increasingly painful life, just because "I" love him and can't bear the thought to miss him.